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Stolen Summer (2002)
One of the best movies (oscar-worthy) that nobody knew about
I watched this movie on video after following the Project Greenlight HBO series on television and I was absolutely amazed at how good this movie was and how amazing the acting was. It's a shame that this film did not have the money to promote it when it was released because in my opinion this an Oscar-worthy film. Everyone in this film nails their roles and pulls you in. Adi Stein nails his role as the main character, a second grader named Peter O' Malley who is on a quest in "converting the jews" in an effort to help jews get into heaven. This plot line might make some people shutter but I can promise you that due to beautiful direction, this is handled tactfully by being presented through an innocent view of a second grader. Kevin Pollak is simply amazing in his role as the sincere yet humorous rabi who assists our main character Pete by guiding the young Pete in his quest and perhaps getting Pete to asks some questions of himself and the world. Bonnie Hunt and Aiden Quinn who play the parents of Pete O' Malley are flawless in their roles and I can attest from my childhood that they are spot-on playing the Irish Catholic parents. It's worth it to watch this movie based on the brilliant directing and incredible acting alone but throw in a humorous, heart-warming and emotional story and you have a very Oscar-worthy movie that will always be one of my all-time favorite movies, right up there with Shawshank Redemption.
Curandero (2005)
Painfully slow and cheesy horror movie
I want this 90 minutes back from my life and I don't think it's going to happen. For the sake of honesty, the gore and makeup was pretty cool and the demon was cool but the movie is painfully slow for the first three quarters of the movie and the acting, even for a foreign-made movie was really bad and cheesy. If they worked on the story a bit better and organized the scenes and built up the tension more - it could have moved the film along better than it did. The first half of the movie was like watching paint dry. It's just patches of gore tossed in here and there to keep you from shutting off the movie. The gun fights were ridiculous. Let's mug at the camera and each other while guys are shooting assault rifles at us - funny ridiculous! Could have been made into a good movie with some rewrites, better directing, better scene cuts and better acting. Still not sure what happened even at the end of the movie so if anyone figures it out, can you let me know?